A Day In Vietnam Pt. 1 of 2
Narrated by Jack Webb, USIA
Intercut demonstrators Outside White House & wounded soldiers in Vietnam. Soldier treating baby.
17:58:34 Titles Aerials over port w/ shipping, city & countryside w/ convoy on highway. Da Nang Airbase & briefing explaining initial landing & subsequent buildup. At map w/ pointer showing North vs South Vietnam.
Explains areas occupied by US. Da Nang at center of I Corps north of 17th parallel.
18:01:56 Marines in field cleaning weapons, opening cans of C rations & eating, smoking. Moving thru rice paddies, thru elephant grass & jungle trees. Booby trap w/ nails shown; planted bomb. Mine sweepers on road. Trucks & troops along road. Vietnamese along road, checking papers. VO: “treated w/ fairness under Geneva Convention.”
18:04:29 Captured Viet Cong w/ tags lined up. Marine helicopter lands & troops run off. Running thru paddy, treat wounded. Run along ditch & move up; artillery called in & firing. Troops move up, burning huts & leaving. Women & children in front of huts of farm village. Marines along road wearing leaves; talk to kids, treat kids w/ mothers
18:07:32 US marines & South Vietnam soldiers patrolling; in large canoes on river. Work w/ kids on small construction projects (Civic Action Program). Classroom instruction “...in battle to win hearts and minds.”
18:08:55 Soldiers medical corpsman washing kids w/ soap & water; treating adult. Sailors on small boats in river; advising South Vietnam navy. Patrolling junks & small ships in Operation Market Time. Inspecting boats.
18:10:36 Aircraft Carrier, loading & arming bombs, montage of launching many planes. Helicopter & POV from helicopter searching & rescuing by lowering swimmer w/ life raft; lifting into helicopter.
Vietnam War Military Propaganda; US Marine Corps; Battles; Boobytrap;
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A Day In Vietnam Pt. 1 of 2 Narrated by Jack Webb, USIA Intercut demonstrators Outside White House & wounded soldiers in Vietnam. Soldier treating baby. 17:58:34 Titles Aerials over port w/ shipping, city & countryside w/ convoy on highway. Da Nang Airbase & briefing explaining initial landing & subsequent buildup. At map w/ pointer showing North vs South Vietnam. Explains areas occupied by US. Da Nang at center of I Corps north of 17th parallel. 18:01:56 Marines in field cleaning weapons, opening cans of C rations & eating, smoking. Moving thru rice paddies, thru elephant grass & jungle trees. Booby trap w/ nails shown; planted bomb. Mine sweepers on road. Trucks & troops along road. Vietnamese along road, checking papers. VO: “treated w/ fairness under Geneva Convention.” 18:04:29 Captured Viet Cong w/ tags lined up. Marine helicopter lands & troops run off. Running thru paddy, treat wounded. Run along ditch & move up; artillery called in & firing. Troops move up, burning huts & leaving. Women & children in front of huts of farm village. Marines along road wearing leaves; talk to kids, treat kids w/ mothers 18:07:32 US marines & South Vietnam soldiers patrolling; in large canoes on river. Work w/ kids on small construction projects (Civic Action Program). Classroom instruction “...in battle to win hearts and minds.” 18:08:55 Soldiers medical corpsman washing kids w/ soap & water; treating adult. Sailors on small boats in river; advising South Vietnam navy. Patrolling junks & small ships in Operation Market Time. Inspecting boats. 18:10:36 Aircraft Carrier, loading & arming bombs, montage of launching many planes. Helicopter & POV from helicopter searching & rescuing by lowering swimmer w/ life raft; lifting into helicopter. Vietnam War Military Propaganda; US Marine Corps; Battles; Boobytrap;